Open AccessInvestigating the impact of CO2 emission and economic factors on infants health: a case study for Pakistan
Author(s) -
Muhammad Zahid Naeem,
Sumera Arshad,
Ramona Birău,
Cristi Spulbăr,
Abdullah Ejaz,
Muhammad Azmat Hayat,
Jenica Popescu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
industria textilă
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.281
H-Index - 14
ISSN - 1222-5347
DOI - 10.35530/it.072.01.1784
Subject(s) - clothing , poverty , urbanization , infant mortality , environmental health , child mortality , fertility , inequality , socioeconomics , economics , medicine , geography , economic growth , population , mathematical analysis , mathematics , archaeology
This study has attempted to investigate the consequences of CO2 emissions on infants’ health in Pakistan over theperiod of 1975 to 2013. Several economic factors have been employed in our analysis and the estimates showinsignificant impact of CO2 emissions in affecting children mortality. Increasing health facilities lowers children mortalityover a short period were also observed but the relationship inversed in the long-run. In short-run, urbanization appearedas a decreasing factor to children mortality. While income inequality remains inversely related with children mortality.Both poverty and fertility are found enhancing factors to children deaths. The poor sector of the economy seemed toobserve higher children mortality due to inadequate health facilities and low standards of living. Overall, we haveobserved greater impact of economic factors in explaining children mortality than CO2 emissions in case of Pakistan.These issues have a significant impact on the representative industries in Pakistan, such as the cotton textile andtraditional clothing industry (apparel manufacturing).